7 h. ago China’s Grand Reception for Kim Jong Un: Strategic Reset or Warning Shot?

China’s Grand Reception for Kim Jong Un: Strategic Reset or Warning Shot?  38 North

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56 h. ago China parades statecraft and hardware as world faces ‘critical’ choices

China crowned a busy week of grand diplomacy with a spectacular military parade on Wednesday, sending a message to the world that it has the determination and strength to champion a multipolar global order as geopolitical challenges rise. Flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and leaders from 26 countries, President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech on top of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the war against...

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63 h. ago Indonesia’s Prabowo attends China’s military parade as protests rage at home

Despite a deadly anti-government protest raging across his country, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stood overlooking Beijing’s Tiananmen Square watching China’s grand military parade with a group of world leaders. His one-day trip was appreciated by Beijing, with the Chinese foreign ministry saying it “welcomed” the visit. Earlier this week, when Prabowo decided to skip the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the ministry said it “respected” Jakarta’s decision. Prabowo joined...

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69 h. ago Xi hails 'unstoppable China' as grand military parade begins in Beijing

Xi hails 'unstoppable China' as grand military parade begins in Beijing  BBC

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7 d. ago US ambassador to China expected to skip Beijing military parade: sources

America’s envoy to Beijing is expected to skip China’s military parade next week, joining what appears to be a concerted effort by Western missions to opt out of the grand event despite Chinese pressure. The South China Morning Post has learned from multiple sources that US ambassador David Perdue is unlikely to attend the parade that China is holding in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Wednesday to commemorate the end of World War II. It is unclear if the US embassy would instead dispatch another...

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9 d. ago China offers South Asia a choice between swords and ploughshares

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi didn’t just tour South Asia earlier this month; he redrew the region’s strategic map. In three stops – India, Afghanistan and Pakistan – Beijing offered a tactical reset, a warning and a lifeline. The choreography was deliberate; the message was unmistakable: China is shaping the region’s future, one handshake at a time. The stops were not random. They were sequenced with intent, each one revealing something about China’s ambitions, South Asia’s anxieties and the...

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1 week ago 'Powerful optics': China's Xi to welcome Putin, Modi in grand show of solidarity

'Powerful optics': China's Xi to welcome Putin, Modi in grand show of solidarity  Reuters

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2 w. ago US report sheds light on North Korea’s hidden missile base near China border

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong-un’s most advanced strategic weapons, showing Pyongyang’s ongoing efforts to advance its nuclear strike capabilities, a think tank said. The base in Sinpung, North Pyongan province, located 27km (17 miles) from the border with China, likely houses a brigade-sized unit equipped with six to nine nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles and their mobile launchers, a...

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